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30th  Congress, 

2d  Session. 

|  SENATE.  J 

Executive, 
No.  25. 

33  3-91 

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REPORT 

OF  THE 

POSTMASTER  GENERAL, 

V 

COMMUNICATING 

The  particulars  of  the  postal  arrangement  with  Bremen. 


February  6,  1849. 

Ordered  to  be  printed. 


Post  Office  Department, 

February  3,  1849. 

Sir:  In  answer  to  the  resolution  of  the  Senate  of  the  United 
States,  calling  for  particulars  of  the  postal  arrangements  with  Bre- 
•  men,  the  reduction  of  postage  on  letters  to  Germany  from  this 
country,  and  the  services  performed  by  the  Bremen  post  office 
in  relation  to  our  mails,  with  my  opinion  of  the  effects  of  such 
arrangements  on  the  intercourse  and  commercial  interests  of  the 
United  States,  I.  have  the  honor  to  submit  the  following  statement: 

The  postal  arrangements  with  Bremen,  and  through  the  post  i  « 
office  of  that  republic  with  the  various  States  of  Germany  and  the 
countries  beyond,  were  made  in  1847.  The  better  to  carry  out 
the  act  of  1845,  and  the  second  clause  of  the  joint  resolution  of 
Congress,  of  June  15,  1844,  I  sent  a  special  agent  to  Europe  with  v 
the  first,  departure  of  the  American  mail  steamship  Washington, 
under  specific  instructions,  a  copy  of  which  is  hereto  annexed, 
marked  A.  He  took  with  him  the  outlines  of  a  postal  arrangement 
executed  by  me  on  behalf  of  this  department,  and  obtained  the  ex¬ 
ecution  of  it  on  the  part  of  the  post  office  of  Bremen,  by  Hon.  A. 
Duckwitz,  a  member  of  the  senate  of  that  republic,  charged^with 
its  post  office  power.  A  copy  is  attached,  marked  B.  UndeF  this 
general  agreement  a  more  specific  one  was  entered  into,  called 
“  Regulations  for  the  international  postal  arrangements,  agreed 
upon  between  the  United  States  and  Bremen,”  which  was  executed 
by  the  special  agent,  Mr/  Hobbie,  on  behalf  of  this  department, 
and  by  the  Hon.  A.  Duckwitz  for  the  Bremen  post  office.  (See 
accompanying  exhibit,  C.) 

Under  these  arrangements,  an  exchange  of  mails,  conveyed  in 
the  American  mail  steam  line,  is  effected  under  the  following  ad¬ 
vantages:  They  are  landed  and  received  by  our  mail  packet  at  the 
mouth  of  the  Weser,  where  a  harbor  is  provided  for  our  ships  at 


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through  the  declarations  of  her  highest  authorities,  was  assuming 
an  adversary  position,  national  policy  as  well  as  interests  indi¬ 
cated  the  propriety  of  extending  this  steam  ship  mail  line  to  a 
German  port.  The  comparative  cheapness  of  the  bids  showed  there 
was  no  sufficient  objection  on  the  score  of  expense;  and  by  making 
Southampton,  in  England,  a  port  of  call,  where  the  English  mails 
would  be  left,  and  from  which  the  mails  for,  France  could  be  des¬ 
patched  across  the  channel  in  a  few  hours,  the  single  line  was  made 
to  accomplish  the  purpose  of  placing  the  United  States  in  mail 
connexion,  by  means  of  American  steam  ships,  with  the  three  prin¬ 
cipal  countries  in  Europe. 

The  contract  was  made  accordingly,  submitted  to  Congress  be¬ 
fore  its  final  consummation,  and  being  fully  ratified  by  that  body, 
has  been  executed  and  put  in  operation.  This  experiment  has  not 
escaped  the  common  lot.  It  has,  to  some  extent,  encountered  those 
accidents  and  mishaps  which  so  long  delayed  the  English  in  achiev¬ 
ing  the  success  they  now  enjoy,  and  which  induced  a  withdrawal 
of  the  French  Atlantic  line  from  the  ocean.  The  failures  of  the 
Bremen  line  are  believed  to  have  been  much  less  than  attended  the 
first  experiments  of  the  British  or  French  in  ocean  steam  naviga¬ 
tion;  and  whilst  the  losses  have  fallen  on  the  proprietors,  important 
advantages  have  resulted  from  the  lessons  which  their  trials  have 
taught  to  those  who  are  succeeding  them  in  the  business  of  build-  - 
ing  ships  and  machinery  for  this  species  of  navigation.  And  these 
advantages  enure,  of  course,  to  the  public  interests  embarked  in 
the  success  of  these  subsequent  enterprises? 

Bremen  offered  more  advantages  for  the  terminus  of  the  Ameri¬ 
can  line  than  any  of  the  German  ports.  It  contained  a  popu-latiqn 
of  about  58,000.  Its  port,  Bremenhaven,  at  the  mouth  of  the  Weser, 
furnishe  !  a  commodious  harbor,  of  easy  access,  and  less  liable  to 
interruption  from  the  ice  than  any  of  the  northern  ports.  Its  gov¬ 
ernment  was  liberal — the  duties  imposed  upon  commerce  nominal — 
its  trade  with  the  United  States  greater  than  any  other  north  of 
France — its  port,  the  principal  place  of  embarkation  for  emigrants 
from  the  interior  of  Europe  to  the  United  States — railroads  were 
in  the  course  of  construction,  some  of  them  already  completed, 
connecting  it  with  portions  of  Russia,  through  Berlin;  with  Trieste, 
on  the  Adriatic  sea,  by  Leipsic,  Dresden,,  and  Vienna;  with  the 
southern  ^portions  of  Europe  through  Hanover,  Hesse  Cassel,  and 
Frankfort,  and  with  Denmark  and  Norway,  by  the  addition  of  a 
steamboat  line  across  the  Baltic,  from  the  terminus  of  the  railroad 
at  Kiel. 

In  addition  to  these  advantages,  its  government  offered  the  most 
liberal  terms  for  the  management  of  the  mails  and  the  convenience 
ot  the  contractors.  In  making  these  mail  arrangements  for  enlarg¬ 
ing  the  correspondence  between  this  country  and  the  enlightened 
nations  of  central  Europe,  containing  a  population  of  forty  or 
fiity  millions  oi  people,  and  extensively  engaged  in  manufactures, 
it  could  not  escape  observation  that  the  increased  facilities  afforded 
bj  it  for  an  exchange  of  the  productions  of  the  respective  coun¬ 
tries,  might  oe  more  advantageous  to  the  United  States  than'the- 


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interchange  of  mails,  and  lead  to  the  establishment  of  a  new  mar¬ 
ket  for  the  principal  products  of  this  country,  of  little,  if  any  less, 
importance,  than  those  of  England  or  France. 

I  may  add,  in  addition  to  these  considerations',  it  seemed  not  un¬ 
important  that  the  people  of  the  United  States  and  their  institu¬ 
tions  should  be  seen  and  judged  of  by  the  enlightened  nations  of 
Europe  through  the  medium  of  the  American  press,  rather  than  the 
misrepresentations  of  the  presses  of  other  nations. 

The  contractors  reserved  the  right  of  running  alternate  trips  to 
Havre  at  a  less  price.  If  their  interest  or  those  of  the  public  re¬ 
quire  it,  in  their  opinion,  no  objections  will  be  interposed  at  the 
department. 

These  considerations  induced  me  to  adopt  the  present  line  from 
New  York  to  Bremen  in  preference  to  the  others,  and  nothing  has 
since  occurred  to  change  that  opinion. 

I  am,  respectfully,  your  obedient  servant, 

C.  JOHNSON, 

-  .  Postmaster  General. 


Hon.  George  M.  Dallas, 

Vice  President  of  the  United  States, 

and  President  of  the  Senate.  ^ 


'  •  i  ■  •  ; 

EXHIBIT  A. 

C  '  *  *  ' 

Post  Office  Department  of  the  United  States. 

The  ipail  steamship  line  from  New  York  by  Cowes  to.  Bremen, 
i^fth  branch  to  Havre,  established  under  special  authority  of  Con¬ 
gress,  being  about  to  go  into  operation,  I  hereby  depute  Selan  R. 
Hobbie,  esquire,  First  Assistant  Postmaster  General,  to  act  as  the 
special  agent  of  this  department  on  the  occasion.,  He  will  proceed 
in  the  United  States  mail  steam  ship  Washington  to  Europe,  and 
repair  to  the  ports  above  named;  also  to  London,  Paris,  and  other 
places  in  Europe,  in  his  official  capacity  aforesaid,  to  make  the 
needful  regulations  for  the  foreign  mail  service  of  the  United 
States,  not  only  as  connected  with  said  steam  ship  mail  line,  but  in 
all  respects  and  particulars;  and  to  enter  into  arrangements  with 
the  proper  authorities  in  other  countries  to  secure  a  direct  mail 
intercourse  between  those  countries  and  this,  under  official  guar¬ 
antees,  so  that  mails  may  be  interchanged  under  a  postage  charge 
for  the  entire  distance,  that  can  be  paid  either  at  the  office  of  mail¬ 
ing'  or  delivery,  at  the  option  of  the  parties. 

And  these  presents  are  sent,  greeting,  to  all  whom  it  may  con¬ 
cern,  lo  the  end  that  the  bearer  hereof  may  be  recognized  and  re¬ 
spected  as  such  officer  and  agent  aforesaid. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  the  Post  Office  Department  of 
the  United  States,  this  26th  day  of  May,  in  the  year  of  our  Lord 
one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  forty-seven. 

C.  JOHNSON, 

Postmaster  General ,  United  States. 


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EXHIBIT  A. 


Extracts  from  the  letter  of  instruction  of  C.  Johnson ,  Postmaster 

General ,  to  S.  R.  Ilobbie ,  First  Jissista7it  Postmaster  General , 

dafed  Afay  26,  1847. 

You  will  proceed,  with  us  little  delay  as  possible,  to  the  city  of 
Bremen,  delivering  the  Hamburg  mail  at  Bremenhaven,  if  you  shall 
find  suitable  arrangements  made  for  its  transmission  from  that  phace; 
if  not,  then  it  will  be  delivered  with  the  other  mails  at  the  post 
office  in  the  city  of  Bremen. 

You  will  make  suitable  arrangements  with  the  post  office  at  Bre¬ 
men  for  the  reception,  transmission,  and  delivery  of  the  mails  to 
and  from  the  United  States,  that  will  hereafter  be  taken  by  the 
American  steamer  which  will,  run  regularly  between  Bremen  and 
New  York.  You  will  adjust  the  mode  of  keeping  accounts  between 
that  office  and  the  Post  Office  Department  of  the  United  States,  the 
times  of  settlement  and  the  modes  of  payment,  as  well  as  the  com¬ 
pensation  of  the  office  at  Bremen,  for  the  service  rendered  the 
United  States.  You  will  yisit  such  other  offices  on  the  continent 
as  will  be  likely  to  make  liberal  postal  arrangements  with  the 
United  States,  and  particularly  the  offices  at  Paris  and  London;- 
and  by  arrangements  with  them  secure  the  transmission  of  the 
American  mails  from  Cowes  or  Southampton,  in  the  English  mails, 
to  great  Britain  and  its  dependencies,  and  the  American  mails  for 
France  and  such  other  governments  in  the  south  of  Europe  as  will 
be  best  and.  most  expeditiously  served  through  the  French  mails. 

You  will,  as  far  as  practicable,  secure  the  transmission  of  letters 
to  and  from  the  United  States  to  any  parts^  of  the  world  with  which 
they  may  have  postal  arrangements,  and  regulate  the  rates  of  post¬ 
age  to  be  paid,  and  secure  the  delivery  of  letters  and  papers,  whe¬ 
ther  pre-paid  or  not,  at  their  place  of  destination — accounts  to  be 
kept  and  regularly  settled  between  the  foreign  offices  and  that  of 
the  United  States,  being  careful  to  secure  to  the  United  States  the 
postages  due  for  the  transmission  of  letters  or  papers  within  the 
United  States,  as  well  as  those  imposed  by  the  laws  of  the  United 
States  for  crossing  the  Atlantic  in  the  steamers. 

It  is  desirable  to  have  such  arrangements  made  with  the  foreign 
offices,  that  letters  and  newspapers  pass  to  and  from  the  United 
States  to  and  from  all  the  principal  offices  in  Europe,  whether  they 
are  pre-paid  or  not.  It  will  be  of  the  utmost  importance  to  have 
the  American  mails  delivered  and  accounts  kept  with  this  office  at 
Southampton  and  Havre,  from  which  the  American  mails  should*be 
transmitted  through  the  English  or  French  mails.  It  may  also  be 
desirable  to  have  liberty  to  forward  the  mails  to  and  from  the 
United  States  through  England,  without  being  opened,  upon  paying 
a  reasonable  price  for  transportation,  upon  similar  terms  to  those 
allowed  by  this  office  for  the  transmission  of  the  Canada  mails 
through  the  United  St  at  es.  You  will  use  your  befet  efforts' to  secure 
the  abolition  of  the  ship  postage  charged  upon  letters  or  news¬ 
papers  in  England,  and  such  other  governments  as  you  may  have 


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agreements  with.  If  this  cannot  be  secured,  then  the  ship  postage 
of  the  United  States  should  be  charged  upon  all  letters  coming  to 
the  United  States  from  other  governments  declining  to  make  reci¬ 
procal  arrangements.  The  terms  upon  which  the  Canadian  mails 
are  now  transported  through  the  United  States  may  be  made  the 
basis  of  any  further  agreement  with  the  British  post  office.  Should 
that  office  decline  to  abolish  the  ship  postage  on  letters  brought  to 
England  in  the  American  steamers,  the  ship  postage  of  the  United 
States  must  be  insisted  upon  on  all  mail  matter  delivered  in  the 
United  States  by  the  Cunard  line,  or  any  line  of  steamers  that  may 
hereafter  be  established  between  England  and  the  United  States. 

Any  just  and  reciprocal  arrangements  you  may  make  with  /the 
European  offices,  for  enlarging  and  facilitating  the  intercourse  be¬ 
tween  the  United  States  and  them,  will  meet  with  the  approbation 
of  the  department,  and,  I  doubt  not,  of  the  citizens  of  the  United 
States.  -  ; 

Accompanying  this  }7ou  will  receive  certified  copies  of  the  seve¬ 
ral  acts  of  Congress,  giving  authority  to  the  Post-Office  Depart¬ 
ment  to  make  such  arrangements  with  foreign  offices  as  above 
indicated.  You  will  consider  yourself  fully  authorized  by  your 
appointment  to  exercise  all  the  powers  conferred  on  this  depart¬ 
ment  by  them,  subject,  however,  to  their  confirmation  by  the  gov¬ 
ernment  of  the  United  States. 


EXHIBIT  B. 

fflrrangemertf  between  the  Post  Office  Department  of  the  United 
States  and  the  Post  Office  Department  of  the  Hanseatic  republic 
of  Bremen ,  respecting  the  receipt ,  delivery  and  distribution  of 
the  mails  of  the  United  States  at  Bremen ,  their  despatch  to  other 
places  in  Europe  and  elsewhere ,  and  the  accounting  for  and  pay¬ 
ing  over  the  United  States  postage. 

Section  1.  The  Post  Office  Department  at  Washington  appoints 
the  postmaster  at  Bremen  its  sole  and  exclusive  agent  for  the  re¬ 
ceiving  and  the  forwarding  of  the  mails  by  the  steam  packets  to 
run  between  New  York  and  Bremenhaven,  on  their  arrival  on  the 
Weser  from,  and  on  their  leaving  the  Weser  for,  the  United  States. 

Sec.  2.  On  the  arrival  of  the  steamers  on  the  Weser,  the  mail- 
bags  are  to  be  delivered  by  the  captains  or  the  agents  of  the  said 
steamers,  without  the  least  delay,  to  the  Bremen  post  office,  at 
Bremenhaven,  and  are  to  be  forwarded  thence  directly,  in  a  proper 
and  safe  way,  to  the  post  office  at  Bremen.  The  letters,  newspa¬ 
pers  and  parcels,  destined  for  Bremen,  are  to  be  assorted,  and  de¬ 
livered  there  as  soon  as  possible;  and  those  for  the  other  points  and 
places  are  to  be  re-mailed  and  iorwarded  in  the  best  and  most  ex¬ 
peditious  manner.  . 

Sec.  3.  During  the  season  that  will  admit  of  it,  a  steamboat  will 
be  kept  in  readiness  at  Bremenhaven  to  take  the  mails,  on  the  arri 


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val  of  the  United  States  mail  steampacket,  immediately  to  the 
town  of  Bremen;  and  during  the  portion  of  the  year  when  naviga¬ 
tion  in  the  Weser  is  interrupted,  or 'in  case  of  the  mail  steam 
packet  arriving  by  night,  couriers  will  be  provided  by  the  Bremen 
postmaster  to  take  the  mail  bags  to  Bremen  with  the  utmost  des- 
spatch,  and  the  time  of  transmission  from  Bremenhaven  to  Bremen, 
not  exceeding  five  hours. 

Sec.  4.  The  like  despatch  is  stipulated  in  regard  to  the  mails 
from  Bremen  to  the  United  States  steam  packets,  on  their  departure 
from  5remenhaven;  and  in  order  to  avoid  any  interference  or  col¬ 
lision,  no  letters  or  mailable  matter  are  to  be  delivered  from  on 
board  the  said  steamers,  or  to  be  received  by  them,  except  through 
the  agency  of  the  Bremertown  post  office.  The  mail  bags  are  to 
be  closed  at  the  post  office  at  Bremen,  and  all  letters  for  the  steam¬ 
ers  are  to  be  delivered  there. 

Sec.  5.  The  Bremen  Post  Office  Department  agrees  that  a  separate 
bag  may  be  exchanged  with  the  Hamburg  post  office,  to  contain  only 
the  Hamburg  mail  matter,  and  to  pass  through  the  hands  of  the 
Bremen  mail  agent  at  Bremenhaven,  and  under  his  control,  accom¬ 
panied  with  the  proper  cards  of  contents  and  amounts  of  United 
States  postage^  This  bag  is  to  contain  no  matter  for  any  other 
points  than  Hamburg;  and  no  matter,  unless  delivered  up  at  the 
post  office  at  Hamburg,  and  not  received  from  any  other  post  office. 
The  manner  of  despatching  the  Hamburg  letter  bag  is  left  to  be 
settled  by  the  post  office  departments  at  Hamburg  and'Bremen. 

Sec.  6.  The  Bremen  postmaster  is  to  take  charge  of  the  receiv¬ 
ing,  forwarding  and  despatching  of  the  mails,  accounting  to  the 
Postmaster  General  of  the  United  States  for  the  United  States 
postage  received  by  the  postmaster,  at  Bremen.  * 

And  the  postmaster  at  Bremen  shall  account  for  all  United  States 
postage,  as  well  inland  in  the  United  States  as  steamer  postage,  on 
letters  and  other  mailable  matter,  sent  from  the  United  States  to 
any  place  or  post  office  in  Europe  or  elsewhere  through  said  Bre¬ 
men  post  office,  and  will  collect  the  charged  postage  on  all  such 
matter,  as  well  as  on  matter  delivered  at  Bremen,  and  pay  over  the 
same  to  the  Postmaster  General  of  the  United  States,  except  upon 
the  dead  and  undelivered  matter,  which  is  to  be  reported;  and  will 
also  keep  account  of  all  matter  mailed  at  Bremen  for  the  United 
States,  as  wrell  that  received  lrom  other  places  or  post  offices  in 
Europe  or  elsewhere,  as  that  which  is  received  from  Bremen,  and 
duly  render  said  accounts  and  pay  over  all  balances  quarter-yearly. 
And  the  compensation  to  be  made  and  rendered  by  the  Postmaster 
General  of  the  United  States  for  said  service,  and  for  all  services 
to  be  performed  under  this  agreement,  shall  be  a  commission  of 
twenty  per  cent.,  to  be  cast  on  the  amount  of  postage  collected  and 
credited  to  the  Postmaster  General  of  the  United  States  by  the 
postmaster  of  Bremen;  and  the  United  States  mail  matter  shall  be 
subjected  to  no  other  charge  for  conveyance  to  the  Bremen  post 

office  than  the  steamer  postage  aforesaid  accruing  to  the  United 
States. 

Sec.  /.  The  Post  Office  Department  of  the  Hanseatic  republic  of 


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Bremen  declares  itself  responsible  for  the  Bremen  postmaster  in 
behalf  of  all  services  to  be  performed  by  him  under  this  agreement, 
and  engages,  further,  to  have  care  of  such  arrangements  with  ihe 
post  office  departments  of  other  European  States  that  will  allow 
the  United  States  mail  matter,  whether  postage  is  pre-paid  or  un¬ 
paid,  to  pass  through  Bremen,  and  will  permit  mail  matter  for  the 
United  States  to  come  through  to  the  place  of  said  agency.  And 
the  said  Post  Office  Department  of  the  Hanseatic  republic  of  Bre¬ 
men  further  engages  to  lake  care  of  the  collection  of  all  United 
States  postages,  chargeable  and*  not  pre-paid,  on  letters  going  out 
of  the  United  States  through  said  agency;  that/is,  the  collection 
thereof  at  the  place  of  destination  and  payment  over  to  the  said 
agency,  and  the  payment  thereof  by  the  said  agency  to  the  Post¬ 
master  General  of  the  United  States,  excepting  only  the  dead  and 
undelivered  matter. 

Done  and  signed  at  Washington,  the  29. h  day  of  March,  and  at 
Bremen,  the  26th  day  of  June,  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  eighteen 
hundred  and  forty-seven. 

C.  JOHNSON, 

Postmaster  General  of  the  United  States , 

A.  DUCK  WITZ, 

For  the  PosT  Office  Department  of  the  republic  of  Bremen. 


EXHIBIT  C. 

%  l  '  ■  i'y' 

Regulations  for  the  international  postal  arrangements  agreed  upon 

between  the  United  States  and  Bremen. 

r* 

It  is  mutually  understood  by  the  Post  Departments  of  the 
United  States  and  of  Bremen, 

1.  That  persons  desirous  of  sending  letters  from  Bremen,  or 
from  any  other  country  in  Europe  or  the  eastern  continent,  through 
Bremen,  to  the  United  States,  or  to  Canada  through,  the  United 
States;  or  from  the  United  States  to  Bremen,  or  to  any  other 
country  in  Europe,  or  the  eastern  continent,  through  Bremen,  shall 
have  the  option,  so  far  as  the  postal  arrangements  ot  such  other 

countries  will  allow—  -  - 

First,  of  leaving  the  whole  postage  of  such  letters  to  be  paid  by 

the  receiver. 

Secondly,  of  pre-paying  the  whole  postage  to  the  place  of  des¬ 
tination.  \ 

Thirdly,  of  paying  the  United  States  postage  to  Bremen,  leav¬ 
ing  :he  European  postage  unpaid,  when  sent  from  the  United 
States,  and  in  like  manner, of  paying  the  European  postage  to  Bre¬ 
men,  leaving  the  United  States  postage  unpaid,  wrhen  sent  to  the 
United  States. 

2.  That  the  post  office  of  Bremen  is  to  keep  full  postage  ac¬ 
counts  with  the  United  States  Post  Office  Department,  and  with 
the  post  departments  of  the  several  countries  in  correspondence 


i 


10 


[25] 

-with  the  United  States  through  the  Bremen  post  office,  and  to  set¬ 
tle  said  accounts  with  the  Postmaster  General  of-the  United  States 
and  pay  the  balances  quarter-yearly. 

3.  That,  as  the  agent  of  the  post  department  of  the  United 
States  and  for  said  department,  it  is  to  collect  from  the  post  de¬ 
partments  of  the  countries  in  correspondence  with  the  United 
States,  through  said  office,  the  quarterly  balances  for  postages  ac¬ 
cruing  to  the  United  States  post  department,  and  is  also  to  pay  to 
the  post  departments  of  said  countries  respectively  for  the  United 
States,  the  postages  accruing  therefrom  to  said  countries,  the 
amount  therefor  to  be  allowed  by  the  United  States  post  depart¬ 
ment  to  the  Bremen  post  office,  to  wit:  For  European  postages,  pre¬ 
paid  in  the  United  States  on  letters  sent  therefrom  to  said  countries 
respectively,  through  the  Bremen  post  office,  or  collected  in  the 
United  States  on  letters  sent' from  said  countries  unpaid  to  the 
United  States;  namely,  to  Hanover  at  the  uniform  rate  lately 
agreed  upon  with  Hanover,  of  6  cents  the  single  letter;  to  Prus-~ 
sia,  at  the  uniform  rate  agreed  upon  of  12  cents  the  single  letter, 
including  the  Hanoverian  transit  postage,  and  to  the  countries 
served  by  the  posts  of  the  prince  of  Tour  and  Taxis,  at  the  like  rate 
of  12  cents  the  single  letter — which  states  are  Wurtemburgh  with  the 
principality  of  Hohenzollern ,  Hesse-Ilomburgh  and  Meissenheim, 
Lippe  Detmold,  Reuss,  Schambergh  Lippe,  Schwartzburgh  Rudol- 
stadt,  Schwartzburgh  Sondenhausen,  Hesse  Darnstadt,  Hesse  Cas- 
sel,  Saxe  Weimar,  Mecklenburgh  Schwerin,  Mechlinburgh  Strelitz, 
Nassau,  Saxe  Altenburgh,  Saxe  Coburg  Gotha,  and  Saxe  Meinen- 
gen,  and  until  uniform  rates  may  be  agreed  upon  with  the  follow¬ 
ing  countries  for  the  American  correspondence,  at  the  local  transit 
postage,  now  understood  to  be,  to  Oldenburgh,  5  cents;  to  Bruns¬ 
wick,  8  cents;*  to  Hamburgh  and  Altona,  6  cents,;.  Lubec,  9  cents; 
Kiel,  11  cents;  Copenhagen  and  principal  ports  of  Denmark,  22 
cents;  Stockholm  and  most  ports  of  Sweden,  39_cents;  Bergen  and 
Christiana,  in  Norway,  30  cents:  Cronstadt  and  St.  .Petersburg!), 
in  Russia,  24  cents;  Saxony,  18  cents;f  [the  single  letter  in  all  the 
foregoing,  it  is  understood,  extends  to  the  weight  of  an  half  ounce, 
and  in  the  following  to  a  quarter  of  an  ounce  only:]  to  Austria  and 
her  dominions  in  Germany,  20  cents;  Baravia,  22  cents;  Baden, 
18  cents;  Switzerland,  21  cents;  Greece  and  Constantinople,  37 
cents. 

4.  That  the  Bremen  post  office  is  to  pay  to  the  Postmaster  Genera! 
of  the  United  States,  for  postage  on  all  unpaid  letters  sent  from  the 
United  States  to  Bremen,  or  from  the  United  States  through  Bremen 
to  any  cither  country  in  Europe  or  the  eastern  continent,  and  on 
all  letters  originating  in  Bremen,  or  in  any  other  country ,-and  sent 
through  the  post  office  of  Bremen,  with  the  postage  paid  to  the 
place  of  destination  in  the  United  States,  24  cents  per  single  let¬ 
ter,  when  the  letter  is  from  or  to  the  city  of  New  York;  29  cents 


*  Since  reduced,  under  the  5th  clause,  to  6  cents, 
t  Since  reduced,  under  the  5th  clause,  to  12  cents. 


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per  single  letter,  when  from  or  to  any  other  part  of  the  State  of 
New  York,  or  from  or  to  the  States  of  New  Hampshire,  Vermont, 
Massachusetts,  Rhode  Island,  Connecticut,  New  Jersey,  Pennsyl¬ 
vania,  Delaware,  or  Maryland,  or  the  District  of  Columbia;  and 
34  cents  per  single  letter,  when  from  or  to  any  other  part  of  the 
United  States,  or  to  Canada;  and  at  double  »those  rates,  respec¬ 
tively,  for  double  letters,  that  is,  letters  exceeding  a  half  ounce  in 
weight,  but  not  exceeding  an  ounce,  and  for  each  further  additional 
half  ounce  or  fraction  of  an  half  ounce,  15  cents  additional  in  the 
first  case,  20  in  the  second,  and  25  in  the  third  case. 

5.  That  the  Bremen  pcfst  department  is  to  continue  its  efforts 
for  the  amelioration  of  the  postages  in  Germany,  upon  the  Ameri¬ 
can  correspondence,  and  for  uniformity  in  the  rates  and  weight. 

6.  That  the  postages  actually  received  either  when  pre  paid  or 
collected,  and  the  postages  accounted  for  between  the  post  depart¬ 
ments  aforesaid,  are  to  he,  of  the  same  rates  and  amount,  except¬ 
ing  the  slight  difference  in  the  lower  denominations  of  coin,  which 
is  to  be  so  allowed  as  not  to.  operate  as  a  loss  upon  the  Bremen 
office.  When  pre-payment  is  made  at  less  than  the  due  rate  and 
amount,  the  balance  is  to  be  charged  and  collected  of  the  receiver 
at  the  office  of  delivery. 

7.  That  the  progression  in  the  charge  of  postage  is  by  an  addi¬ 

tional  rate  of  equal  amount,  with  the  single  rate  for  each  additional 
half  ounce  or  quarter  of  an  ounce  of  weight  in  the  letters,  or  frac¬ 
tional  part  of  an  half  ounce  or  quarter  ounce,  as  the  case  may  be5 
except  with  the  United  States  sea  postage,  in  which  the  triple  and 
subsequent  rates  are  9  cents  less  each  than  either  of  the  preceding 
rates.  \  ' 

8.  That  printed  circulars,  pamphlets,  and  newspapers  are  to  be 
pre-paid  to  Bremen,  either  from  the  United  States  or  from  Europe, 
so  that  the  same  will  not  enter  into'  the  international  postal  ac¬ 
counts  of  Bremen  and  the  United  States.  But  they  are  to  be  duly 
forwarded  and  delivered  in  Europe  when  sent  from  the  United 
States,  and  in  the  United  States-  when  sent  from  Europe,  at  the 
lowest  local  fates  of  postage  in  each  respectively,  for  that  spe¬ 
cies  of  mail  matter,  to  be  paid  by  the  receiver. 

The  United  States  rates  of  postage  on  printed  matter  are  as  fol¬ 
lows:. 

Circulars,  sea  postage,  3  cents; 
i(  inland  u  3  cents; 

Pamphlets,  sea  postage  3  cents; 

u  inland  u  2|  cents  for  each  copy  not  exceeding  an 

ounce,  and  1  cent  for  each  additional  ounce  or  fraction  of  an  ounce 
over  a  half; 

Newspapers,  sea  postage,  3  cents; 
u  inland  u  3  cents. 

Printed  matter  is  to  contain  no  writing,  and  is  to  be  so  folded 
or  enveloped,  that- it  can  be  distinctly  seen  and  examined;  other¬ 
wise  it  will  be  rated  with  letter  postage.  Eor 'transmission  in  the 
European  countries,  it  is  understood  that  newspapers  are  not  to  be 
placed  in  wrappers,  but  only  in  narrow  bands.  The  postmaster  of 


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[25] 

Bremen  will  acquaint  the  Postmaster  General  of  the  United  States 
as  soon  as  may  be,  of  all  special  regulations  affecting  American 
newspapers  and  the  rates  of  postage  to  which  they  will  be  subject;  the 
two  Post  Departments  of  Bremen  and  the  United  States  being  will¬ 
ing,  whenever  the  same  can  be  carried  into  effect,  to  place  newspapers 
under  the  privilege  or  paying  postage  through  to  destination,  or 
of  leaving  it  to  be  paid  by  the  receiver. 

9.  That  dead  letters,  also  mis  sent  letters,  are  to  be  mutually 
returned  through  the  Bremen  office,  to  the  Post  Department  of  the 
country  sending  the  same,  after  an  interval  of^  say  two  months, 
sooner  if  practicable.  If  the  same  w*ere  pre-paid,  their  return 
will  not  constitute  an  item  for  the  international  postal  accounts 
beyond  that  of  a  mere  memorandum;  but  if  they  were  sent-unpaid, 
the  country  returing  will  be  allowed  a  cfedit  equal  to  the  charge 
made  against  it  of  the  postage  unpafd  of  the  country  from  which 
sent. 

10.  That-each  letter  is  to  be  marked  with  the  stamp  of  the  office 
mailing  it  on  the  face,  and  if  from  Europe  with  the  stamp  of  Bremen 
on  the  back,  and  in  case  it  is '‘addressed  to  any  other  office  in  the 
United  States  than  New  York,  then  with  the  stamp  of  New  York 
also  on  the  back,  the  better  to  Identify  it  for  the  accounts,  in  case 
it  should  be  returned  as  dead  or  mis-directed.  And  if  the  letter 
is  from  the  United  States,  it  is  to  be  stamped  on  the  back  by  New- 
York  ^nd  Bremen  in  like  manner.  If  it  is  an  unpaid  letter  it 
should  be  marked  on  the  face  with  the  postage  accruing  to  the 
country  in  which  mailed,  and  chargeable  to  the  country  in  which 
to  be  delivered.  This  entry  should  be  made  in  figures  in  black  ink. 
If  the  postage  is  pre-paid  to  destination,  it  is  to  be  marked  in  red 
figures  with  that  prqportion  of  the  postage  received  which  is  to  be 
accounted  for  to  the  country  in  which  the  letter  is  to  be  delivered, 
and  stampedAn  red  upaid  all.”  When  the  United  States  postage 
only  is  paid  on  letters  going  to  Europe,  or  the  European  postage 
only  is  paid  on  letters  going  to  the  United  States,  the  letter  is  to 
be  stamped  in  black  “paid  part”  and  the  amount  is  not  to  bestated 
on  the  letter,  as  it  does  not  enter  into  the  international  account. 

,  The  postmasters  oDBremen  and  of  New  York  will  see  that  the 
entries  and  stamps  on  the  letters  are  correct,  and  will  supply  all 
omissions  of  the  mailing  offices  so  far  as  in  their  power. 

'  _  11.  That  the  letters  are  to  be  accompanied  at  each  mailing  with 
a  letter  ball,  similar  to  the  form  annexed,  marked  A.  The  post¬ 
master  of  New  York  or  of  Bremen,  as- the  case  may  be,  is  to  com¬ 
pare  and  correct  the  same,  when  erroneous,  by  the  verification. 
And  with  each  mailing  send  an  acknowledgement  of  the  receipt  of 
the  preceding  mail  received  from  the  other  office  similar  to  the 
form  annexed  marked  B.  Said  letter  bill,  accompanied  by  the  re¬ 
ceipt  of  the  previous  mail,  is  to  be  placed  with  the  letters  for  the 
/  Bremen  delivery  and  for  the  New  York  delivery,' respectively.  It 
should  be  printed  on  red  paper  to  enable  it  the  more  readily  to  be 
distinguished  and  obtained  at  the  opening  of  the  mails. 

12.  That  the  matter  for  the  Bremen  delivery  is  to  be  made  up 
separately,  as  is  also  the  matter  for  the  city  of  New  York.  Fur- 


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ther  divisions  can  hereafter  be  made  in  mailing  for  the  better  con¬ 
venience  of  the  offices  of  Bremen  and  New  York,  as  fuller  expe¬ 
rience  shall  suggest. 

13.  That  a  separate  bag  between  New  York  a_nd  Hamburgh, 
being  provided  in  the  agreement,  the  matter  between  those  places 
will  be  so  made  up  and  sent,  restricted,  however,  to  the  United 
States  matter  for  Hamburgh  alone,  and  the  matter  originating  only 
in  Hamburgh.  The  postmaster  of  New  York  will  state  the  Ham¬ 
burgh  matter  in  fhe  letter  bill  to  Bremen,  and  send  an  extract  to 
the  postmaster  of  Hamburgh,  and  the  postmaster  of  Hamburgh  will 
furnish  the  postmaster  of  Bremen  with  the  verification  ‘of  the  let¬ 
ter  bill,  and  also  a  copy  of  his  letter  bill  to  New  York. 

14.  That  the  postmaster  general  of  the  United  States  may  super¬ 
cede  or  modify  the  foregoing  by  other  or  further  regulations,  pro¬ 
vided  the  same  are  not  inconsistent  with  the  articles  of  agreement 
executed  by  him,  and  by  senator  A.  Duckwitz,  in  behalf  of  the, 
Post  Office  Department  of  the  republic  of  Bremen,  respectively,  in 
March  and  June  last. 

Proposed  by 

S.  R.  HOBB1E,  , 

First  Assistant  Postmaster  General ,  and  special  agent  for  this 
purpose  of  the  Postmaster  General  of  the  United  States. 

Bremen,  September  13,  1847. 


The  “  Regulations  for  the  international  postal  arrangements, 
agreejd  upon  between  the  United  States  and  Bremen, 55  proposed  to 
the  undersigned  department  by  the  honorable  Major  Hobbie,  First 
Assistant  Postmaster  General,  under  date  of  the  I3th  September, 
have  been  received,  and  will  be  followed  by  the  Bremen  postmas¬ 
ter,  as  far  as  depends  upon  the  Bremen  post  administration. 

Bremen,  18th  September ,  1847^ 

The  Post  Office  Department  of  the  Hanseatic  republic  of  Bremen . 

A.  DUCKWITZ. 


Memorandum. — A  question  having  been  raised  and  submitted  to 
the  Postmaster  General  of  the  United  States  respecting  the  postage  in 
Bremen,  and  compensation  to  that  office,  and  the  same  decided  so 
as  to  have  “the  regulations55  unchanged,  the  charge  of  2  cents 
postage  in  Bremen  was  formally  relinquished  by 
r  '  '  GUILDEMEISTER, 

Senator  and  chief  of  the  postal  department ,  Bremen. 

* 

And  the  regulations  were  duly  confirmed  in  a  notice  to  the  pub¬ 
lic  and  instructions  to  postmasters,  published  March  1,  1848,  by 

C.  JOHNSON, 
Postmaster  Generals 


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• 

[  FORM  A.  ] 

— 

BY  STEAMER. 

.  •  -  u 

LETTER  BILL  for 

s 

•  / 

the  correspondence  between 
of  America  and  Bremen. 

the  United  States 

y 

Post  Office, 

City  of  New  York , -  — - . 

The  following  articles  are  sent  herewith,  th£  receipt  of  which, 
it  is  requested,  may  be  acknowledged,  viz  :  - 


.  — ' 

V  'X 

Statement  by  the 
New  York  office. 

Verification  by  the 
Bremen  office. 

'  /  / 

-  " 

o 

u  S 

Amount. 

<4-4 

O 

M  g 
©  « 

Amount. 

-  \ .  t  - 

5  ts 

CJ  i— i 

6 

Dolls. 

Cts. 

4_) 

s  s 

a  — 

Dolls. 

Cts. 

A. — To  be  placed  to  the  credit  of  the  United  States 
Post  Office  Department . 

\ 

1.  Letters  for  other  countries  than  Bremen,  upon 

which  the  United  States  postage  is  unpaid  - 

2.  Letters  for  Bremen,  upon  which  the  United 

States  postage  is  unpaid 

3.  Mis-sent,  re-directed,  and  returned  letters  re¬ 

ceived  from  Bremen,  on  which  the  United 
States  has  been  charged  with  foreign  postage 

;  * 

X 

-  ■ 

*  B .—To  be  debited  to  the  United  States  Post  Office 

Department. 

,s 

\ 

1.  Letters  upon  which  European  postage  is  paid 
through  to  destination 

Number. 

Number. 

C. — Articles  that  do  not  enter  into  the  accounts 
between  the  two  countries. 

* 

/ 

1.  Letters  upon  which  only  the  United  States 

postage  is  paid  .... 

2.  Newspapers 

3.  Pamphlets  ..... 

4.  Mail  bags,  (giving  their  number) 

* 

- 

r  ■  ■  -a 

S 


ROBERT  H.  MORRIS,  P.  M. 


15 

[  FORM  A.  j 


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BY  STEAMER.  .  : 

LETTER  BILL  for  the  correspondence  between  Bremen  and  the 

United  States  of  America. 


Post  Office,  Bremen. - , - . 

The  following  articles  are  sent  herewith,  the  receipt  of  which, 
it  is  requested,  may  be  acknowledged,  viz  : 


-*• 

* 

Statement  by  the 
Bremen  office. 

Verification  by  the 
New  York  office. 

II.  .»»  -  -  )  S 

o 

CO 

>-* 

©  © 

Amount. 

u-i 

o 

.  to 

Jr*  >-i 
©  O) 

Amount. 

\ 

a  s 
& 

Dolls 

Cts. . 

a  © 

s  — • 

55 

Dolls. 

Cts. 

A. — To  be  placed  to  the  credit  of  the  Bremen 

Post  Office. 

s 

1.  Letters  for  other  places  in  the  United  States 

than  New  York,  upon  which  European  post¬ 
age  is  unpaid  - 

2.  Letters  for  New  York,  upon  which  the  Euro- 
.  pean  postage  is  unpaid 

3.  Mis-sent,  re-directed,  and  returned  letters  re¬ 

ceived  from  the  United  States,  on  which 
European  postage  has  been  charged 

•  • 

B. — To  be  debited  to  the  Bremen  Post  Office. 

1.  Letters  upon  which  United  States  postage  is 
paid  through  to  destination  - 

—  /" 

Number. 

Number. 

4-  _ 

\ 

C. — Articles  that  do  not  enter  into  the  accounts 
between  the  two  countries. 

♦ 

* 

1.  Letters  upon  which  only  European  postage  is 

paid  - 

2.  Newspapers  - 

3.  Pamphlets  - 

4.  Mail  bags,  (giving  their  number) 

• 

- 

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[  FORM  E.  ] 

ACKNO  WLED  GMEJYT  OF  RECEIPT  for  the  correspondence , 
'  ,  $'c.f  betwee?i  Bremen  and  the  United  States. 


'  Post  Office, 

City  of  New  York ,  -  — ,  184—. 

The  mail  from  Bremen  of  the  - - -,  has  been  received,  con¬ 

taining  and  accompanied  by  the  following  articles,  viz: 


1* ,  \ 

Statement  by  the 
Bremen  office. 

Verification  by  the 
New  York  office. 

■  .  *—  *  . ,  ’  i  -^4 

O 

w  £ 

Amount. 

N  . 

°  . 
s*  W 

Q)  h 

% 

Amount. 

v  c  Tt  |  .  *  v  ■  ’  | 

» 

£ 

C  O) 

P  — * 

ft 

Dolls 

Cts. 

£ 

Dolls. 

Cts. 

A.— 'To  be  placed  to  the  credit  of  Bremen. 

• 

1.  Letters  from  countries  other  than  Bremen,  on 

which  the  European  postage  to  Bremen  was 
unpaid  ..... 

2.  Mis-sent,  re  directed  and  returned  letters  re¬ 

ceived  from  the  United  States 

l 

- 

B. — To  be  placed  to  the  debit  of  Bremen. 

" 

1.  Letters  from  other  countries  than  Bremen, 

upon  which  the  United  States  postage  is 
paid  ...... 

2,  Letters  from  Bremen  upon  which  the  United 

States  postage  is  paid 

« 

/  . 

-  •  ' . 

s 

/ 

Number. 

Number. 

• 

C. — Articles  that  do  not  enter  into  the  accounts 
between  the  two  countries: 

-  - 

% 

].  Letters  on  which  European  postage  is  paid, 
and  the  United  States  postage  unpaid 

2.  Newspapers  ..... 

3.  Pamphlets  ..... 

4.  Mail  bags,  (giving  their  number.) 

# 

ROBERT  H.  MORRIS,  Postmaster.. 


17 


/ 


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r  FORM  B.  1 

ft 

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT  OF  RECEIPT  for  the  correspondence , 
S)'c.f  between  the  United  States  and  Bremen. 


Post  Office,  Bremen , 


•,  184—. 


The  mail  from  New  York  of  the 


- - ,  has  been  received,  con¬ 
taining  and  accompanied  by  the  following  articles,  viz: 


t- 


■  ■'  -  *!•  -J . 

•>>W.  , L- 

rtS'  11 '10 


n 

.nq  iii  3ial 

SOvtiiS  •  •  < 


\  A,— .To  be  placed  to  the  credit  of  the  Bremen  post 

office. 

1.  Letters  for  other  places  in  the  United  States 

*  than  New  York,  upon  which  European  post¬ 
age  is  unpaid  ■  * 

2.  Letters  for  New  York  upon  which  the  Euro¬ 

pean  postage  is  unpaid 

3.  Mis-sent,  re-directed  and  returned  letters,  re¬ 

ceived  from  the  United  States,  on  which 
the  European  postage  lias  been  charged  - 

B. _ To  be  debited  to  the  Bremen  post  office. 

I.  Letters  upon  which  United  States  postage  is 
paid  through  to  destination  - 


rot  * 


C.— Articles  that  do  not  enter  into  the  accounts 
between  the  two  countries. 

1 .  Letters  upon  which  only  European  postage  is 

paid  - 

2.  Newspapers 

3.  Pamphlets  -  /  ‘ 

4.  Mail  bags,  (giving  their  number,) 


Statement  by  the 
Bremen  office. 


Verification  by  the 

New  York  office. 

- 


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I. — Foreign  postage  to  be  charged  in  addition  to  American  postage. 


1.  Altona 
Bremen 
Brunswick 
Cassel 
Coburgh 
Darmstadt 

.Frankfort-on-the-Maii 
Gotha 
H  amburgh 
Hanover  -  - 
Hesse  Hamburgh 
'  Kiel':. 

Lippe  Detmold 
Lubcc  - 

Mecklinburgh  Schwerin 
Mecklinburgh  Strelitz 
Nassau 
Oldenburgh 

Prussia,  (kingdom  and  pro 
vinces) 

Reuss  - 

Saxe  Altenburgh 
Saxe  Meiningen 
Saxe  Weimar 
Saxony,  (kingdom) 
Schaumburg  Lippe 
Sehwartzburg  lteidolstadt 
Schwartzburg  Sunderhausen 
Wurtemburg,  (kingdom) 

2.  Denmark — Copenhagen  and 

furthest  parts 

Norway — Bergen,  Christina, 
and  furthest  parts 
St.  Petersburg  or  Cronstadt  - 
Sweden — Stockholm  and  fur: 
thest  parts  -  - 


3.  Alexandria  - 

Austria,  (empire  and  pro 
vinces) 

Baden 

Basle  and  other  parts  of  Swi' 
zerland 

Bavaria  -  ; 

Cairo  - 

Constantinople 

Greece 

Italy,  eastern  towns  of 


6 

cents. 

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6 

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12 

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12 

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12 

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12 

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24 

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37 

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Single  letters  limited  to  half  an  ounce  in, 
(  weight,  and  postage  may  be  pre-paid  or* 
^  left  unpaid,  or  the  United  States  post¬ 
age  alone  may  be  pre-paid,  at  the  dption 
of  the  sender. 


ant  doidvy  no 


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ue  ■  *3 j Si'S  La: 
tjsdo  n  jad  s 


no 


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'Vi'irey  •  i 


postage  only 


pre-paid. 


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States  postage  only  should  be  pre-paid. 


«- 


4.  Newspapers  and  printed  matter  one-fourth  of  the  letter  rates,  and  to  be  placed  in  naw 
row  bands  without  any  writing  whatever  on  them. 


f  •  ' 


19  [  25  ] 

[  EXHIBIT  D.  ] — Continued,  ■ 

If. —  United  States  postage. 


1 .  Letter  packet  postage  is  24  cents  single  ■) 

ietter  not  exceeding  half  an  ounce,  in  ! 
addition  to  inland,  which  is  5  or  10  j 
cents,  according  to  distance.  ) 

2.  Newspaper  and  pamphlet  packet  postage' 

3  cents  each,  in  addition  to  inland,  wdiich 
is  2|  cents  for  each  pamphlet  not  ex* 
ceeding  1  ounce,  and  1  cent  for  each  ad-  ( 
dilional  ounce  or  fraction,  and  3  cents  a  } 
newspaper.  y  j 


Can  be  pre-paid  or  left  unpaid,  according  (o 
the  places  to  which  addressed.  (See  the 
foregoing  lists  and  the  remarks  made  op¬ 
posite  to  them. 


Must  be  pre-paid  in  all  cases. 


Post  Office  Department, 

Contract  Office, - — ,  1349, 

I 


*  /,  '  I 

S.  R.  HOBBIE, 

First  Assist,  P.  M-  General 


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